4VAC25-130-780.14: Operation plan; maps and plans

Each application shall contain maps and plans as follows:

(a) The maps and plans shall show the land proposed to be affected throughout the operation and any change in a facility or feature to be caused by the proposed operations, if the facility or feature was shown under 4VAC25-130-779.24 through 4VAC25-130-779.25.

(b) The following shall be shown for the proposed permit area:

(1) Buildings, utility corridors and facilities to be used;

(2) The area of land to be affected within the proposed permit area, according to the sequence of mining and reclamation;

(3) Each area of land for which a performance bond or other equivalent guarantee will be posted under Subchapter VJ;

(4) Each coal storage, cleaning and loading area;

(5) Each topsoil, spoil, coal waste, and non-coal waste storage area;

(6) Each water diversion, collection, conveyance, treatment, storage, and discharge facility to be used;

(7) Each source of waste and each waste disposal facility relating to coal processing or pollution control;

(8) Each facility to be used to protect and enhance fish and wildlife and related environmental values;

(9) Each explosive storage and handling facility; and

(10) Location of each sedimentation pond, permanent water impoundment, coal processing waste bank, and coal processing waste dam and embankment, in accordance with 4VAC25-130-780.25 and fill area for the disposal of excess spoil in accordance with 4VAC25-130-780.35.

(c) Maps, plans, and cross sections required under Paragraphs (b)(4), (5), (6), (9) and (10), shall be prepared by, or under the direction of, and certified by a qualified registered professional engineer, or certified professional geologist, with assistance from experts in related fields, such as land surveying and landscape architecture, except that--

(1) Maps, plans, and cross sections for sedimentation ponds may only be prepared by a qualified registered professional engineer; and

(2) Maps, plans, and cross sections of spoil disposal facilities may only be prepared by a qualified registered professional engineer.